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Chris Davis will get a day off from playing first base in this afternoon’s series finale against the Tigers, allowing newly added Travis Ishikawa to start. Davis, who leads the majors with 24 homers, will be the Orioles’ DH today, hitting fifth. This is the first time this season that Davis has played but not started at first. “We have a rare off day tomorrow,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. “I’d like to do it with more guys, but we have only one DH spot. … It’s one of the assets that Trav brings. It gives us some time to do [that] with Chris here and there. You won’t see it much, but usually when you have an off day I try to...

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